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‘Mujahideen victory will have no impact’

Saxena advocates maximum autonomy for Kashmir
NEW DELHI. May 7: The governor of Indian Kashmir wants the troubled state to be given maximum autonomy, but has reiterated that •eccsslon Is out of question, the Statement newspaper reported today, reports AFP
Girish Chandra Saxena also said tn an Interview that the assumption of power by the Mujahideen In Kabul would have no impact on Kashmir.
It is the first time a top Indian official has publicly ad vocated maximum autonomy for Kashmir. India'* only Muslim-Majority province whose ownership I* disputed by neighbouring Pakistan
"Short of secession or Azaadl (freedom). Kashmir can have anything within the framework of the Indian con stttutton." said Saxena, the Chief Administrator of the northern border state now
governed directly by New
The statesman said Saxena's
billty of Kashmir enjoying the status It enjoyed until 1953 when the Indian government controlled only matter* relating to defence, communications and foreign affairs.
He added that 'door* were open' for Kashmiri political leaders and Muslim militant* to "begin a meaningful dialogue' to end a bloody separatist campaign, which has left thousand* dead since 1980
Pakistan controls the northern third of Kashmir, and New Delhi and Islamabad have gone to war twice over the plc turesque state since 1947
In case of Kashmir's sexes slon from the Indian union, the whole basis of our nation hood shall be eroded and we can't allow dislocation of our political structure." Saxena
told the Statesman In Kashmir's summer capital
Is a question of our survival, of our way of life in our polity.' said Sexena. a former chief of India * external Intelligence agency.
He said there was grouse In Kashmir valley against New Delhi, disenchantment against Pakistan, and people were also fed up with militants
"We don't want to build up the idea that things should be settled for what could be achieved peacefully
The governor added that the development* in Afghanistan, where India strongly backed former President NaJIbullah and where the Mujahedecn have taken power, would have no effect on Kashmir
The Afghans have their own preoccupations and they • hall have to concentrate on
their home." Saxena said, adding that the Mujahedeen "can’t find time to Joint Kashmiri militants.'
Sections of Afghan guerillas have In the past expressed support for the Muslim separatist campaign, and the changes in Afghanistan have sparked concern here that Kashmiri separatism might
Saxena said some 4.000 Muslim militants were "sttllactive" In the Kashmir valley and another 3.000 were waiting in Pakistan held Kashmir to sneak into India. He indicated that security forces had killed some 3.000 rebels so far.
India accuses Pakistan of arming the Kashmiri militants Islamabad denle* the charge, but supports the Kashmir separatist campaign, calling It a • truggle for ac If-determination